DANIELL, Brigadier Robert Bramston Thesiger (1901-1996)

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0099 KCLMA Daniell
Held at	: Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, King's College London   Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.kingscollections.org/catalogues/lhcma ›
Full title	: DANIELL, Brigadier Robert Bramston Thesiger (1901-1996)
Date(s)	: c 1979
Level of description	: Collection (fonds)
Extent	: 1 file
Name of creator(s)	: Daniell | Robert Bramston Thesiger | 1901-1996 | Brigadier

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

Born in 1901; passed out of the Royal Military Academy, 1920; joined 1st Battery, Royal Artillery, served in India, 1920-1928; posted to 3rd Regiment Royal Horse Artillery and, as a jockey, twice won the Gunner Gold Cup at Sandown; rejoined regiment in 1937 and served in Palestine; Battle of Sidi Barrani, 1940; second in command of South Nottinghamshire Hussars, 1940, and served in North Africa; sole survivor of Battle of the Cauldron, Gazala Bir Hachem, Libya, 1942; command of 3rd Royal Horse Artillery, 1942; command of 13th Honourable Artillery C, Royal Horse Artillery, 1943; served in Normandy landings, France, Belgium, Holland and northern Germany, 1943-1945; helped liberate Belsen concentration camp, 1945; held commands with Norfolk and Kent regiments, 1945-51; appointed to the Sovereign's Body Guard as a Gentleman at Arms, 1951-1971; died 1996.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Bound photocopy typescript of "Memories of the long and happy life of Robert Bramston Thesiger Daniell, Brigadier, Royal Horse Artillery", a memoir of his life and career, 1901-1979, notably his wartime service in Palestine, Egypt and Libya, 1940-1942, and in Western Europe, 1943-1945, where he helped liberate Belsen concentration camp, in 1945.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

single volume

Conditions governing access:

Open, subject to signature of Reader's undertaking form, and appropriate provision of a letter of introduction.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Trustees of the Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, attention of the Director of Archives and Corporate Records Services.

Finding aids:

Collection level description

Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Acquired by the Centre in 2001.

Allied Materials

Related material:

The Imperial War Museum holds typescript accounts of Daniell's experiences as second-in-command of South Nottinghamshire Hussars during the Siege of Tobruk, February 1941; the Battle of Cauldron in the Western Desert, June 1943; and his entry into the Belsen Concentration Camp while serving in 29th Armoured Brigade HQ. There are also two large volumes containing official documents, photographs, sketch maps, newspaper cuttings, and diary entries relating to his career.

Publication note:

Description Notes

Archivist's note:
Compiled by Lottie Clark, 2003

Rules or conventions:
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions:
2003